Clarksville the start of Temple QB's career

Reilly blossoms after 2 years at CHS

1:41 PM,
Oct. 4, 2013

Temple quarterback Connor Reilly finds some open field in a game against Fordham earlier this season. Reilly's football career started when he earned a spot on the junior varsity team as a freshman at Clarksville High.

Written by

Luke Thompson
Leaf-Chronicle

Like many military kids, home meant a lot of places all over the world for Connor Reilly.

But perhaps no place made as much difference in his life as Clarksville, where he lived for the final part of eighth grade and most of his first two years of high school while his father, Neil, was stationed at Fort Campbell.

Since Tennessee offers high school soccer in the spring rather than the fall like most states, the budding baseball star decided to try out for the football team at Clarksville High for the 2006 season. ...